Beloit Health Systems will be breaking ground Tuesday morning on a new birth center in Roscoe.

Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Sharon Cox says the birth center will offer an alternative model for patient care by providing comforts of home like fully equipped bedrooms, bathrooms, a family waiting area and other amenties.

Cox says they’re hoping to open the center in the third quarter of 2023 and that they have a list of goals to accomplishment to stay on schedule.

The birth center ground breaking takes place ay 9:00 Tuesday morning on the North Pointe campus in Roscoe.